Search the Archive

This is a trial search facility for those archive items that have been re-catalogued onto the Modes Compact database. To date only a portion of the archive has been re-catalogued and this process is ongoing. Data last updated 22 July 2024.

There are seven fields on which the search can be performed:

  • ArchiveID: the unique reference number of the item
  • Summary: a short description of the item – this is the best field to search on
  • PersonName: the primary individual  associated with the item (if there is one)
  • PlaceName: the primary place associated with the item (if there is one)
  • StartDate: if dates are available, the first/beginning date
  • EndDate: if dates are available for a period, the end date
  • ArchiveRef: where the item is in the archive (usually a box number)

The search is by free text only, case insensitive. Blank fields are omitted from the results.

If you require further details about any item(s) please contact us including details of the ArchiveID and ArchiveRef value(s) in your message.

Total Records Found: 4227, showing 10 per page
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.730
Summary Chagford Whiddons, Mary Whiddon, George Kelly, Ann Whiddon, Alexander Knapman, Alice Whiddon, Thomas Dunning, Elizabeth Whiddon, Margaret Whiddon, Philip Hogwood, Earthe Whiddon, Lawrence Whiddon
StartDate 1544
EndDate 1631
ArchiveRef Box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.729
Summary Chagford Whiddons, Anne Southmead, Mary Whiddon, D Whiddon, Francis Whiddon, Anne Whiddon, Robert Snow, Margaret Whiddon, John Lydstone, Moses Whiddon, Nicholas Whiddon
StartDate 1622
EndDate 1632
ArchiveRef Box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.728
Summary Chagford Whiddons, Margaret Carew, Oliver Whiddon, Margaret Crymes, Margaret Whiddon, Robert Burgoyne, Mary Whiddon, Roland Whiddon, Francis Whiddon
StartDate 1568
EndDate 1650
ArchiveRef Box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.727
Summary Chagford Whiddons, Blanche Ashford, Elizabeth Whiddon, Margaret Whiddon, William Whiddon, Frances Whiddon, Roger Whiddon, Jane Wykes, Katherine Whiddon, John Whiddon, Oliver Whiddon, Francis Whid
StartDate 1599
EndDate 1679
ArchiveRef Box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.726
Summary Chagford Whiddons,Chagford Whiddons, Anne Hollis, Joan Whiddon, John Ashley, Elizabeth Shilston, Jane Whiddon, William Whiddon, Mary Langdon, Eleanor Bassett, Edward Whiddon, Elizabeth Chudleigh, John Whiddon,
StartDate 1525
EndDate 1569
ArchiveRef Box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.724
Summary poem "The Toymaker" by Whiddon, ?Jane
ArchiveRef box41
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.725
Summary Chagford Whiddons, Henry Whiddon, Jane Wray, Roger Whiddon, Simon Whiddon, Margaret Wykes, John Whiddon, Joan Alford, Miss Rugg
ArchiveRef Box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.723
Summary letter to Mr Rice from ? Lamport/Lampert, J.A. regarding Whiddon family history
StartDate 14.3.2002
ArchiveRef box41
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.721
Summary list of Whiddon family wills 1525 - 1727
StartDate 1525
EndDate 1727
ArchiveRef box41
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.722
Summary book extract from History of Devon 1797 on Whiddon Family of Nova Scotia
StartDate 1797
ArchiveRef box41